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4_ REVISIONS AND OMISSIONS TO THE AGENDA There were none. 5_ MATTERS CONTINUED FOR DECISION There were none. 6_ PUBLIC HEARINGS AND OTHER MATTERS Scopin~ Work Session for tb¢ Draft Sup pl¢m¢ptal Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for PGPA-9/PSP-7_ Sean Buran, Gr¢¢ubriar Homes Communities Ms_ Decker summarized the staff report. She noted that the purpose of the scoping session was to establish the environmental issues regarding a development proposal presented to the City by Greenbriar Homes Communities, including the modification to the Happy Valley Specific Plan to relocate the Bypass Road from the eastern upper portion of the Spotorno Property to the western portion of that property. The applicant is also proposing to change the existing 33-acre Semi-Rural Density Residential land use designation on the Spotorno flat area to Medium Density Residential and the existing 1 5-acre Medium Density Residential designation on the upper portion of the Spotorno property to Agriculture/Open Space. In addition, an amendment to the General Plan land use map is being proposed to change the existing Low Density Residential designation on the Spotorno flat area to Medium Density Residential and the existing Medium Density Residential designation on the upper portion of the Spotorno property to Open Space Agriculture and Grazing~_ She described the subject property and the project scope and displayed the details of the site, including the trail, on the overhead screen. She described the history of the project with respect to the Supplemental EIR process. Commissioner Roberts noted that the public was under the impression that the City required the applicant to do the Supplemental EIR, which was not the case. She noted that any developer who wished to change a Specific Plan or General Plan had the right to apply to the City to do so. She emphasized that the City did not initiate that process. In response to an inquiry by Commissioner Arkin regarding the difference between an EIR and a Supplemental EIR, Ms. Decker provided the details characterizing a Supplemental EIR and when it would be proposed. A discussion of the Spotorno Supplemental EIR process ensued. G'ommissioner Blank noted that with respect to the Happy Valley Specific Plan, the EIR seemed to have been prepared in mid-1997. In response to his inquiry whether the units were included in the approved portion of the buildout, Ms. Decker replied that the original approvals in the Happy Valley Specific Plan covered 102 units: 75 units in the upper Spotorno area, five units by the existing residence, and 22 units in the Spotorno flat --- area. PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES March 23, 2005 Page 2 of 10